Semiconductor laser module and suppression member

ABSTRACT

Above a Peltier element disposed on a bottom of a case, bases that are platy members of two or more layers and have different expansion coefficients from each other are stacked. At least on a partial region of the base serving as an uppermost layer, a suppression member having an expansion coefficient different from that of the base serving as the uppermost layer is further provided. An optical element is disposed on the base and/or the suppression member. Even when a warp is likely to occur in the Peltier element, a stacked-plate structure of the base, the base, and the suppression member suppresses an occurrence of such a warp, whereby warps hardly occur in the base and the suppression member, and a shift hardly occurs in an optical axis between a beam splitter and an etalon.

FIELD

The present invention relates to a semiconductor laser module and asuppression member that can suppress a variation of a locking wavelengthby suppressing an optical axis shift.

BACKGROUND

A semiconductor laser module includes many components such as asemiconductor laser element, a condensing lens, a light detector thatmonitors output light, a temperature control element such as a Peltierelement, and an isolator. The semiconductor laser module condensesoutput light from the semiconductor laser element with the condensinglens so as to be collimated light, and thereafter guides the collimatedlight to an optical fiber through the isolator so that the light iswaveguided in the optical fiber to be provided for a desiredapplication.

In the semiconductor laser module, because an optical path is formedwith many components from the semiconductor laser element to the opticalfiber, an optical axis, particularly an optical axis between thecondensing lens and the isolator, needs to be exactly adjusted. If anoptical axis shift occurs, for example, light output from the condensinglens receives vignetting by part of the isolator, causing light couplingefficiency to lower. Therefore, in some semiconductor laser modules, alens holder holding a condensing lens and an isolator are fixedlydisposed on a common fixing member (refer to Patent Literature 1).

CITATION LIST Patent Literature

-   Patent Literature 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No.    2001-194563

SUMMARY Technical Problem

An example of an effect of the optical axis shift can be described asfollows. In a semiconductor laser module, a beam splitter is provided onan optical axis from a condensing lens to an optical fiber. The beamsplitter branches part of laser light. A wavelength filter such as anetalon filters the branched light. A light detector monitors light powerhaving a filtered wavelength, so that wavelength locking control isperformed.

In this regard, if a shift occurs in an optical axis from the beamsplitter to the etalon, wavelength locking control cannot be performedwith high accuracy. Particularly, a warp occurs along a horizontaldirection in a Peltier element that is disposed at the bottom of thesemiconductor laser module as a temperature control element because atemperature difference occurs between an upper portion and a lowerportion of the Peltier element. The warp causes an optical axis shift tooccur in a monitor optical axis. In this case, even though the beamsplitter and the etalon are disposed on a common fixing member, therecan occur a warp due to a difference in a linear expansion coefficientbetween the Peltier element and the fixing member, a warp due to atemperature distribution of the fixing member, and furthermore a warpdue to a difference in a linear expansion coefficient among layers whenthe fixing member is composed of the layers of a plurality of materials.As a result, a large optical axis shift occurs. If the optical axisshift occurs in the optical axis of the light reflected by the beamsplitter, the shift angle of the beam splitter results in an opticalaxis shift having a double shift angle.

FIG. 11 is a schematic illustrating a relationship of a wavelength shiftamount to an optical axis angle where an optical axis angle is 0° whenthe optical axis is perpendicular to an input surface of an etalon. InFIG. 11, the wavelength shift amount is not large when the optical axisangle is small. However, as the optical axis angle becomes larger, thewavelength shift amount increases beyond the proportional relationship.For example, the wavelength shift amount is −200 pm when the initialangle of the etalon is 1.4°. If an angle shift of 0.2° occurs, the shiftresults in a large wavelength shift amount of 100 pm. As a result,wavelength locking control cannot be performed within an allowablerange.

The present invention is made in view of the above and aims to provide asemiconductor laser module and a suppression member that can suppress awarp of a fixing member disposed on a temperature control element andsuppress a shift of the optical axis of an optical path formed betweenoptical elements disposed on an upper surface of the fixing member.

Solution to Problem

To solve the problems and to attain the object, there is provided asemiconductor laser module according to the present invention, in whicha plurality of optical elements optically coupled with each other aredisposed on an upper surface of a temperature control element through atleast one base, the semiconductor laser module including: a suppressionmember that is disposed, in order to suppress a deformation caused by atemperature change of the at least one base, on at least part of adeformation part of the at least one base, and has a linear expansioncoefficient having a magnitude compensating for a linear expansioncoefficient of the at least one base in order to suppress thedeformation of the at least one base.

There is provided the semiconductor laser module according to thepresent invention, in which the at least one base includes a first baseon which a semiconductor laser element is mounted, and a second base onwhich at least one of the optical elements is mounted and that isstacked on the first base, and the suppression member is disposed on asurface of the first base and/or the second base.

There is provided the semiconductor laser module according to thepresent invention, in which a magnitude relationship between a linearexpansion coefficient of the first base and a linear expansioncoefficient of the second base, and a magnitude relationship between thelinear expansion coefficient of the second base and a linear expansioncoefficient of the suppression member have a reverse relationship witheach other.

There is provided the semiconductor laser module according to thepresent invention, in which a product of the linear expansioncoefficient of the first base and a layer thickness of the first base isnearly equal to or smaller than a product of the linear expansioncoefficient of the suppression member disposed on the second base and alayer thickness of the suppression member.

There is provided the semiconductor laser module according to thepresent invention, in which the suppression member is disposed on asurface on which the optical elements are absent, and has a shapesuppressing the deformation.

There is provided the semiconductor laser module according to thepresent invention, in which an end on which the optical element(s) is(are) fixed of the second base is mounted on the first base as acantilever structure.

There is provided a semiconductor laser module according to the presentinvention, in which a plurality of optical elements are disposed on anupper surface of a temperature control element through a plurality ofbases, in which at least one of the plurality of bases is a suppressionlayer that has a linear expansion coefficient suppressing a deformationof another base other than the at least one of the plurality of bases inorder to suppress the deformation of the other base due to a linearexpansion coefficient difference associated with a temperature change ofthe other base.

There is provided the semiconductor laser module according to thepresent invention, in which, on surfaces of the plurality of bases,suppression members suppressing deformations due to a temperature changeof the plurality of bases are disposed.

There is provided the semiconductor laser module according to thepresent invention, in which the temperature control element and a baseon the temperature control element come in contact with each other atonly around a central part thereof.

There is provided the semiconductor laser module according to thepresent invention, in which, on an upper surface of the suppressionmember, an optical element is further disposed.

There is provided the semiconductor laser module according to thepresent invention, in which, on an upper surface of the suppressionmember, a heat dissipation structure is provided.

There is provided a suppression member according to the presentinvention, suppressing a warp of a base that warps by a temperaturechange, in which the suppression member suppresses the warp of the baseby compensating a difference in a linear expansion coefficient of thebase.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

When the base is placed on the temperature control element disposed onthe bottom, a warp produced due to a difference in the linear expansioncoefficient between the temperature control element and the base and awarp of the base due to the temperature distribution occur, or when abase is used that is composed of a plurality of platy members havingdifferent linear expansion coefficients and stacked on the temperaturecontrol element as two or more layers, a warp occurs in thestacked-plate of the base due to differences among the linear expansioncoefficients. However, according to the present invention, by furtherproviding the suppression member to suppress a warp on the bases, orinserting the suppression layer to suppress a warp into a stacked-platestructure, this warp suppression structure suppresses a warp of the baseon the temperature control element even if such a warp is likely tooccur, whereby a shift of an optical axis between optical elements canbe prevented.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a structure of a semiconductorlaser module of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic illustrating a longitudinal sectional view of thesemiconductor laser module illustrated in FIG. 1 when viewed from adiagonal direction.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the semiconductor lasermodule illustrated in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a structure of amodified example of the semiconductor laser module illustrated in FIG.1.

FIG. 5 is a schematic illustrating a longitudinal sectional view of asemiconductor laser module of a second embodiment of the presentinvention when viewed from a diagonal direction.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the semiconductor lasermodule illustrated in FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a structure of amodified example of the semiconductor laser module illustrated in FIG.5.

FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a comparativeexample 1 corresponding to the first embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a comparativeexample 2 corresponding to the second embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 10 is a schematic illustrating Y direction position dependency of aZ direction displacement amount of each of a conventional example, thecomparative example 1, and the comparative example 2.

FIG. 11 is a schematic illustrating a relationship of a wavelength shiftamount to an optical axis angle.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Generally, a member having high stiffness is used to suppress a warp.However, when a warp occurs due to a temperature change, such a membersimply having high stiffness may cause even a larger warp depending onthe magnitude of the linear expansion coefficient of the member. Theinventors of the present invention have found that a warp can beeffectively suppressed by examining linear expansion coefficients ofwarping members for suppressing a warp due to a temperature change andusing a member having a linear expansion coefficient capable ofcompensating the difference between the linear expansion coefficients ofthe members as a suppression member. The present invention is based onthis finding. Preferred embodiments of a semiconductor laser module anda suppression member according to the present invention are describedbelow in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The presentinvention, however, is not limited by the embodiments.

First Embodiment

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a structure of a semiconductorlaser module of a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is aschematic illustrating a longitudinal sectional view of thesemiconductor laser module illustrated in FIG. 1 when viewed from adiagonal direction. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of thesemiconductor laser module illustrated in FIG. 1. In FIGS. 1 to 3, in asemiconductor laser module 1, a Peltier element 2 serving as atemperature control element is fixedly disposed on the bottom of a case20. On the entire upper surface of the Peltier element 2, a bondingmember 3 made of alumina is bonded. Furthermore, on the entire uppersurface of the bonding member 3, a base 4 that is made ofcopper-tungsten and has a platy shape is bonded. At one end in alongitudinal direction of the base 4, a stepped portion is formed. Onthe stepped portion, a semiconductor laser element 6 is disposed.

On a region of the base 4 excluding the stepped portion, a base 5 thatis made of FeNiCo alloy, such as Kovar (registered trade mark), and hasa platy shape is disposed. On the upper surface of the base 5, acondensing lens 7 that condenses laser light output from thesemiconductor laser element 6 and converts the laser light intocollimated light, a beam splitter 8 that has an isolator function withrespect to the collimated light and branches part of collimated light,an etalon 9 that performs wavelength filtering on light brunched by thebeam splitter 8, a supporter 10 that supports the etalon 9, and a lightdetector 11 that detects light after wavelength filtering performed bythe etalon 9 are mounted. In addition, on a region on the upper surfaceof the base 5 excluding a region on which the condensing lens 7, thebeam splitter 8, the etalon 9, the supporter 10, and the light detector11 are mounted, a suppression member 22 that is made of alumina and hasa platy shape is provided. A ferrule for fixing such as an opticalfiber, and the like are inserted in an opening 12.

Here, the base 4, the base 5, and the suppression member 22 are platymembers that have different linear expansion coefficients from oneanother. For example, the linear expansion coefficient ofcopper-tungsten of the base 4 is 6.65×10⁻⁰⁶(/° C.), that of FeNiCo alloyof the base 5 is 4.85×10⁻⁶ (/° C.), and that of alumina of thesuppression member 22 is 7.20×10⁻⁶ (1° C.). The bordering platy membershave different linear expansion coefficients from each other. The platymembers are stacked so as to form a stacked-plate structure. A materialof each layer preferably has high shear strength. The material of thesuppression member needs to have a linear expansion coefficient thatcompensates for the linear expansion coefficients of the other layers,and more preferably has high stiffness. In a conventional case where thesuppression member 22 is not included, a warp occurs because the linearexpansion coefficient of the base 5 is smaller than that of the base 4.However, according to the present invention, alumina having the linearexpansion coefficient larger than that of FeNiCo alloy (Kovar) isprovided as the suppression member on the base 5 made of FeNiCo alloy(Kovar), resulting in the linear expansion coefficient differences atupper and lower of the base 5 being balanced. Consequently, a warp iseliminated. Magnitude of the linear expansion coefficients depends onmaterials of the bases. For example, platy members may be layered insuch a manner that the platy members for the base 4, the base 5, and thesuppression member 22 have large, small, and large expansioncoefficients respectively. Alternatively, platy members may be layeredin such a manner that the platy members for the base 4, the base 5, andthe suppression member 22 have small, large, and small expansioncoefficients respectively. In addition, when the stacked-plate structureis composed of a plurality of layers, the layers may have a relationshipthat each thermal expansion coefficient is compensated for each other.An action arises in each of the platy members to mutually offset anddepress a warp. Even if a warp occurs in the Peltier element 2 includingthe bonding member 3, a warp hardly occurs in the base 5 and/or thesuppression member 22, whereby a shift of an optical axis between thebeam splitter 8 and the etalon 9 hardly occurs. The suppression member22 may be selected so as to not only suppress a warp due to thermalexpansion of the base 4 and the base 5 as described above, but alsocompensate for a warp produced by the Peltier element 2, the bondingmember 3, the base 4, and the base 5. Consequently, wavelength lockingcontrol can be performed with high accuracy. The suppression member 22,in relation to a two-layer structure composed of only the base 4 and thebase 5, can be disposed in an area where an optical element such as thebeam splitter 8 is not disposed on the base 5. In order to suppress awarp of a portion on which the suppression member 22 is not disposed, ashape corresponding to a temperature distribution on a base may beemployed in such a manner that the suppression member 22 imparts a largesuppression effect.

Here, the thicknesses of the base 4, the base 5, and the suppressionmember 22 are determined based on bonding states and expansioncoefficients among the platy members. In other words, the thicknessesare set in such a manner that a product of a volume of contact surfacesbetween bordering platy members and the linear expansion coefficient isnearly equal. As simplified, the thicknesses may be set in such a mannerthat a product of the thickness and the linear expansion coefficient ofa stacked-plate structure of a portion on which the suppression member22 is disposed, and a product of the thickness and the linear expansioncoefficient of the suppression member 22 come close to each other, orthe product relating to the suppression member is slightly smaller.Because of the setting, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 3, when alinear expansion coefficient of the suppression member 22 is smallerthan a linear expansion coefficient of the base 4, it is preferable thata suppression member 22 a having a thickness thicker than the thicknessof the suppression member 22 be used.

Each platy member of the base 4, the base 5, and the suppression member22 may be further formed as a platy member composed of a plurality oflayers. In this case, the expansion coefficients may be nearly equal toone another. In short, platy members having different linear expansioncoefficients from one another may be layered in three or more layersincluding the suppression member 22 in such a manner that the platymembers compensate for a warp one another. In this regard, a layer tocompensate for a warp may be additionally inserted into a platystructure. Furthermore, even if a base is formed in a single layer, thesuppression member 22 of the present invention can suppress a warp bybeing provided on the surface of the base when the warp occurs due to athermal distribution of the base.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, an optical element such as an etalon 29 is notlimited to be mounted on the base 5 but also may be mounted on thesuppression member 22. In addition, all of the optical elements may bemounted on the suppression member 22. Furthermore, a heat dissipationstructure may be provided on the suppression member 22.

Second Embodiment

FIG. 5 is a schematic illustrating a longitudinal sectional view of asemiconductor laser module of a second embodiment of the presentinvention when viewed from a diagonal direction. FIG. 6 is alongitudinal sectional view of the semiconductor laser moduleillustrated in FIG. 5. In FIGS. 5 and 6, in a semiconductor laser module21, a base 24 corresponding to the base 4 is bonded to the bondingmember 3 at only a nearly central part of the Peltier element 2, and anend side on which the semiconductor laser element 6 is mounted and anend side on which the beam splitter 8 and the etalon 9 are mounted arenot bonded to the bonding member 3. Accordingly, a region on which thesemiconductor laser element 6 is mounted on the base 24 is formed in acantilever structure and in a floating state while an end region onwhich the beam splitter 8 and the etalon 9 are mounted on a base 25corresponding to the base 5 is also formed in a cantilever structure andin a floating state.

The base 24 has a recessed portion formed thereof while the base 25 hasa projected portion formed downward thereof. The recessed portion andthe projected portion are fitted together. In this fit structure, thebase 24 joints with the base 25 by being slid in a Y direction.Obviously, the fit structure may be formed between the bonding member 3and the base 24. The fit may be designed as a dovetail groove structure.

In the second embodiment, because the cantilever structure is formed asdescribed above, a warp due to a difference in a linear expansioncoefficient between the base 24 and the base 25 does nor occur in theregion. In addition, because the bonding part of the Peltier element 2and the base 24 is limited at only the central part, a warp of thebonding surface of the Peltier element 2 effects only the central part.Therefore, even if a warp occurs in the Peltier element 2, the effect ofthe warp of the Peltier element 2 to the stacked-plate structureincluding the bases 24 and 25 can be suppressed to the minimum. In thiscase, simply linear expansion coefficients between the bases of thestacked-plate structure may be taken into consideration. Particularly inthe example, because the end on which the beam splitter 8 and the etalon9 or the semiconductor laser 6 is mounted is formed in the cantileverstructure, and a warp does not occur in the end side, an optical axisshift further hardly occurs.

As illustrated in FIG. 7, an optical element such as an etalon 29 may bemounted on the suppression member 22 in the same manner as the firstembodiment.

EXAMPLES

Here, a comparison of the above-described first and the secondembodiments and a conventional example is described. FIG. 8 illustratesa structure of a comparative example 1 corresponding to the firstembodiment. The etalon 29 is provided at a position between thecondensing lens 7 and the beam splitter 8 on the base 5 and apart froman optical axis. FIG. 9 illustrates a structure of a comparative example2 including a cantilever structure, corresponding to the secondembodiment. The etalon 29 is provided at a position between thecondensing lens 7 and the beam splitter 8 on the base 25 and apart froman optical axis. In both the comparative examples 1 and 2, on the bases5 and 25, the suppression member 22 is provided. In other words, in boththe comparative examples 1 and 2, a stacked-plate structure composed ofplaty members of a three-layer structure is formed. As a conventionalexample, on a base made of a platy member of a single-layer structure,the semiconductor laser element 6, the beam splitter 8, and the etalon29 are provided.

FIG. 10 is a schematic illustrating a displacement amount in a Zdirection with respect to a minus Y direction of a base of each of thecomparative examples 1 and 2 corresponding to the first and the secondembodiments, and the conventional example. Curves L0, L1, and L2represent minus Y direction position dependency of a Z directiondisplacement amount of the conventional example, the comparative example1, and the comparative example 2, respectively. As illustrated in FIG.10, in the conventional example, a large Z direction displacement ofabout 15 μm is produced at the central part. In contrast, in thecomparative example 1, a Z direction displacement of about 5 μm isproduced at the central part. In the comparative example 2, a Zdirection displacement of relatively about 10 μm is produced. Asillustrated, the comparative examples 1 and 2 can cause the Z directiondisplacement amounts to be smaller than that of the conventionalexample.

While the Y direction angle of the etalon 29 located at the central partis nearly zero in the comparative example 1, in the comparative example2, the Y direction angle of the etalon 29 located at the central part isnearly the same value as the Y direction angle of the beam splitter 8,and the etalon 29 is slanted in the same direction as the beam splitter8. In other words, in the comparative example 2, because thedisplacements of the beam splitter 8 and the etalon 29 have the samegradient, it can be found that a relative displacement amount (relativedisplacement angle) between the beam splitter 8 and the etalon 29becomes an extremely small amount.

Specifically, referring to FIG. 10, in the conventional example, the Ydirection displacement angle of the beam splitter 8 is 0.19° while the Ydirection displacement angle of the etalon 29 is 0.01°. As a result, theY direction relative displacement angle between the beam splitter 8 andthe etalon 29 is 0.18°. In the comparative example 1, the Y directiondisplacement angle of the beam splitter 8 is 0.09° while the Y directiondisplacement angle of the etalon 29 is 0.00°. As a result, the Ydirection relative displacement angle between the beam splitter 8 andthe etalon 29 is 0.09°. Furthermore, in the comparative example 2, the Ydirection displacement angle of the beam splitter 8 is 0.07°, while theY direction displacement angle of the etalon 29 is 0.03°. As a result,the Y direction relative displacement angle between the beam splitter 8and the etalon 29 is 0.04°. Here, the Y direction displacement angle isa slanted angle with respect to the Y axis, and is made as a result of adisplacement of the optical element in the Z direction.

Consequently, in the comparative examples 1 and 2, an occurrence of arelative shift of the optical axis between the beam splitter 8 and theetalon 29 can be reduced. Particularly, in the comparative example 2,the relative optical axis shift can be extremely reduced. As a result,wavelength locking can be performed with high accuracy.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The semiconductor laser module and the suppression member according tothe present invention are applicable for use such as a light source foroptical communications.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST

-   -   1, 21 semiconductor laser module    -   2 Peltier element    -   3 bonding member    -   4, 5, 24, 25 base    -   6 semiconductor laser element    -   7 condensing lens    -   8 beam splitter    -   9, 29 etalon    -   10 supporter    -   11 light detector    -   12 opening    -   19 bonding part    -   20 case    -   22, 22 a suppression member

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 13. A semiconductor laser module in which a pluralityof optical elements optically coupled with each other are disposed on anupper surface of a temperature control element through at least onebase, the semiconductor laser module comprising: a suppression memberthat is disposed, in order to suppress a deformation caused by atemperature change of the at least one base, on at least part of adeformation part of the at least one base, and has a linear expansioncoefficient having a magnitude compensating for a linear expansioncoefficient of the at least one base in order to suppress thedeformation of the at least one base.
 14. The semiconductor laser moduleaccording to claim 13, wherein the at least one base includes a firstbase on which a semiconductor laser element is mounted, and a secondbase on which at least one of the optical elements is mounted and thatis stacked on the first base, and the suppression member is disposed ona surface of the first base and/or the second base.
 15. Thesemiconductor laser module according to claim 14, wherein a magnituderelationship between a linear expansion coefficient of the first baseand a linear expansion coefficient of the second base, and a magnituderelationship between the linear expansion coefficient of the second baseand a linear expansion coefficient of the suppression member have areverse relationship with each other.
 16. The semiconductor laser moduleaccording to claim 14, wherein a product of the linear expansioncoefficient of the first base and a layer thickness of the first base isnearly equal to or smaller than a product of the linear expansioncoefficient of the suppression member disposed on the second base and alayer thickness of the suppression member.
 17. The semiconductor lasermodule according to claim 13, wherein the suppression member is disposedon a surface on which the optical elements are absent, and has a shapesuppressing the deformation.
 18. The semiconductor laser moduleaccording to claim 14, wherein an end on which the optical element(s) is(are) fixed of the second base is mounted on the first base as acantilever structure.
 19. A semiconductor laser module in which aplurality of optical elements are disposed on an upper surface of atemperature control element through a plurality of bases, wherein atleast one of the plurality of bases is a suppression layer that has alinear expansion coefficient suppressing a deformation of another baseother than the at least one of the plurality of bases in order tosuppress the deformation of the other base due to a linear expansioncoefficient difference associated with a temperature change of the otherbase.
 20. The semiconductor laser module according to claim 19, wherein,on surfaces of the plurality of bases, suppression members suppressingdeformations due to a temperature change of the plurality of bases aredisposed.
 21. The semiconductor laser module according to claim 18,wherein the temperature control element and a base on the temperaturecontrol element come in contact with each other at only around a centralpart thereof.
 22. The semiconductor laser module according to claim 19,wherein the temperature control element and a base on the temperaturecontrol element come in contact with each other at only around a centralpart thereof.
 23. The semiconductor laser module according to claim 13,wherein, on an upper surface of the suppression member, an opticalelement is further disposed.
 24. The semiconductor laser moduleaccording to claim 19, wherein, on an upper surface of the suppressionmember, an optical element is further disposed.
 25. The semiconductorlaser module according to claim 13, wherein, on an upper surface of thesuppression member, a heat dissipation structure is provided.
 26. Thesemiconductor laser module according to claim 19, wherein, on an uppersurface of the suppression member, a heat dissipation structure isprovided.
 27. A suppression member suppressing a warp of a base thatwarps by a temperature change, wherein the suppression member suppressesthe warp of the base by compensating a difference in a linear expansioncoefficient of the base.